diff --git a/src/libponyc/codegen/genexe.c b/src/libponyc/codegen/genexe.c
index 8b3af7805b..870214e66f 100644
--- a/src/libponyc/codegen/genexe.c
+++ b/src/libponyc/codegen/genexe.c
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ static bool link_exe(compile_t* c, ast_t* program,
   snprintf(ld_cmd, ld_len,
     "%s -execute -arch %.*s "
     "-o %s %s %s %s "
+    "-ld_classic "
     "-L/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib -lSystem %s",
            linker, (int)arch_len, c->opt->triple, file_exe, file_o,
            lib_args, ponyrt, sanitizer_arg